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Naomi C. Robinson

 Naomi C Robinson Illustration : A Creative Blog: Happy Halloween: Hello Everyone Happy Halloween! I been mega busy working towards Christmas fairs etc. Managed to do a few Twoodles the last few weeks...

Movie Night: Nightmare Before Christmas!

"This is Halloween!"

Happy Happy Halloween Everybody! 

What a spooky yet exciting time it is to be a kid! Tricks and treats with thrills and chills are awaiting you as the night creeps up fast! And why not, it Halloween! Let's put on your best scary face and have a scarlingly good time...hahaha...muhahaha!!!!  Speaking of thrills and chills, what better way to bring in this horrifying day then with the Movie Of The Week called...."The Night Before Christmas!" Oogie Boogie, Sally, and the Pumpkin King himself Jack Skellington with his trusty ghost dog Zero have come here to give the best Halloween ever! All you have to do is sit back, turn off all the lights, and enjoy!

The Movie:

Halloween town is full of witches, monsters, vampires, ghouls, and goblins who each year is lead into a frenzy with spooktastic and teeth chattering events from Pumpkin King Jack Skellington! Year after year they babble in joy of the festivities of this annual occasion. However, after years of the same ruse, Jack decides this year he wants to try to do something....different. Upon wondering through a forest, he stumbles on a portal that leads him to a place called Christmas Town! Bewitched by this finding, he concludes he will try his bones at this thing called Christmas though, he knows very little of it. Sally, a rag-doll who is in love with Jack, tries to steer him away from the idea fearing that it will only end up in disaster but, he in his excitement, doesn't listen. As a result he sends Lock, Shock, and Barrel (three mischievous kids) out to get Santa Claus to find out more about this holiday. However, instead of bringing Santa back to him Lock, Shock, and Barrel bring him back to Oogie Boogie a gambling bogeyman who shakes things up for Jack Skellington as he decides to play a game... with Santa's life on the line! Things get real slimy from here! What will happen to Santa? What's Oogie up to and is Jack Skellington the great Pumpkin King going to get his wish of creating a amazing Christmas event? You have to watch the movie to figure it out!

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 Watch The Nightmare Before Christmas (The Movie!)

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And get book.......

 

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and listen to some music.....

 Nightmare Before Christmas (Special Edition) - Various Artists:

Randoms: Quote of the Day!

 

"Reading aloud with children is known to be the single most important activity for building the knowledge and skills  they will eventually require for learning to read."

-Marilyn Jager Adams

Randoms: Apps.....

Alica Keys and Journals Of Mama Mae:

 

I think this a great app everyone will enjoy! It is a music filled interactive story telling app that Bento Box interactive and Singer Alicia Keys have created that allows children to use all of their senses when discovering and finding out what is in the journals of Mama Mae and LeLe! Check out the FREE app below!

 

 http://www.mamamae.com/

Kids Fashions: Black and Bianco's Boys Suit Black Dress Wear Set.....

Every little boy needs to learn how to go from rollin' around in mud and playin' it rough to being clean cut and proper. With BlackNBianco's quality made suits and dresses, you can be sure to do just that as you hit the mark in these top notch fashions:

Boys Suit Black Dress Wear Set:

A suit that makes a great starter piece for your little one's first set is from BlackNBianco's  Boy's Suits collection called Boys Suit in Black Dress Wear Set. Black goes with anything and is great for any occasion. Having this in your little man's closet is a must.

Included in this wear comes the essentials needed to complete this dresswear oufit. In addition to that, this 100% polyester suit gives a classic feel and look that only BlackNBianco can have as it is made from the highest quality materials to assure that your son is feeling great and looking handsome. This suit includes: A single breasted jacket, fully matched vest,  neck tie, white dress shirt, and matching pants (hemmed). 

 

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Don't forget to use code: 10off at checkout if purchase qualifies! You can also check them out of twitter at:

 twitter.com/BlackNBianco

Youtube/ BlackNBianco 

 

Author's Spotlight: April Chu.....

Author's Spotlight: April Chu!

 You know, everyone has great talents. Some people can sing, others can dance, some are really great at solving problems while there are those that are very skilled at putting things together like a director or a script writer! April Chu's moreover, happens to be a talent of being really good at illustrating and storytelling! April Chu, an architect with a degree in Architeture from the University of California, is not only great at using her abilities for business, she is also brilliant at using her abilites of illustrating and storytelling for books and poems! Here is her story:

As April puts it, her first memories of this great talent started when she was just a little girl. "One of my most vivid and earliest memories as a young child was my drawing of an old man on a stool." Amazed at [my] work [ I ] showed it to her grandmother. [My] grandmother in amazement of this life like drawing showed [my] mother. "Did you know your daughter could draw?!" she stated. Both were very impressed. That approval was all Amy needed because after that, April Chu fell in love with her new found gift. As much as she could, she as a result would draw. Everyday after watching cartoons, she would draw and create her own characters and stories, filling up her school notebooks with her "outlandish" designs! And with those outlandish design, she would continue drawing and drawing allowing herself to perfect her gift which propelled her to do many great things!

One of those things happening to be her becoming a member of SCBWI (Society of Children Book Writers and Illustrators). The other is her illustrating two books both of which will be out in the spring and fall of 2014! And all that from just one doodle. How Cool is that?! Very cool if you ask me! April has definitely come a long way from doodling in her notebooks and watching cartoons on television! And because she has come a long way, it teaches all of us a valuable lesson: Dreams and talents can take you far; all you have to do is believe in yourself and what you are good at. From there no one can shake or break your spirit. Take a note or two even a doodle from our Author/Illusrator in the spotlight: April Chu!

.......And just in case you wanted to know more about her works:

Summoning  the Phoenix: Poems and Probes About Chinese Musical Instruments (Spring 2014)

Follow her on twitter: TWITTER!

or

Visit Official Site: APRIL CHU!

Recipes: Halloween Whoopie Pies, Cameral Apples, and Wtich's Brew.....

Hello Everyone!!!!

Spooky times are approaching! And it will be fun! I  know you just can't wait for all the fun that is going to happen on the spooktacular day October 31st! And I am sure your appetite for excitement is going to be just as hungry as your appetite to eat and you know you can't go trick or treating on an empty stomach! So what I have done is found three recipes to help when this day comes.....muhahahaha!!!

Halloween Whoopie Pies:

For this recipe you will need:

• unsweetened coco powder
• baking soda
• salt
• all purpose flour
• unsalted butter
• veggie shortening
• sugar
• eggs
• vanilla
• light brown sugar
• milk
• orange/yellow sprinkles
• meringue buttercream

After you combine all the ingredients and put it in a pit of fire for a good ol' 30 minutes, this recipe is good to serve about a good 32 ghost, ghouls, vampires, and witches. For the complete recipe click here: Whoopie Pies!

Cameral Apples: 

Now this recipe came from a tall and quite hair great and quite talkative were wolf of a traveling circus who happens to be a great cook that posted his recipe online. He said he got from so old woman selling red apples to a maiden by the name of Snow White and it was to....die for (cue the dramatic piano) !!!

 

For this recipe you will need:

• 6 mediums apples (not the red kinds trust me you will thank me later)
• wooden skewers
• sugar
• light corn syrup
• sweetened condensed milk
• salt 
• vanilla
• optional: sprinkles, nuts, or chopped candy!           

I tried this myself and it was ghously good! The recipe is fairly easy and is right here: Apples! Red apples and old ladies in black hooded dresses are not to be taken from! If you are not a ghost already, try not to be one if you get my drift.....                      

Witch's Brew:

And speaking of witches, this a brew from a witch you can trust......

You will need:

• black cherry gelatin
• boiling water
• orange gelatin
• boiling water
• blueberries
• kool-aid

Now if you feel yourself unskilled or need assistance called on a witch you know. This brew is a classic brew and they should be familiar with it. Besides they can brew just about anything! Click here for recipe: Brew!

For all your ingredient findings and more I put below two free apps to use when doing so:

Happy cooking.......